• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제30권12호
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• pp.794-799
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• 2017

Ga-doped ZnO (GZO) films were deposited by an RF magnetron sputtering method on glass substrates using ZnO as a target containing 5 wt% $Ga_2O_3$ powder (for Ga doping). The structural, electrical, and optical properties of the GZO thin films were investigated as a function of the substrate temperatures. The deposition rate decreased with increasing substrate temperatures from room temperature to $350^{\circ}C$. The films showed typical orientation with the c-axis vertical to the glass substrates and the grain size increased up to a substrate temperature of $300^{\circ}C$ but decreased beyond $350^{\circ}C$. The resistivity of GZO thin films deposited at the substrate temperature of $300^{\circ}C$ was $7{\times}10^{-4}{\Omega}cm$, and it showed a dependence on the carrier concentration and mobility. The optical transmittances of the films with thickness of $3,000{\AA}$ were above 80% in the visible region, regardless of the substrate temperatures.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.25-29
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• 2015

In this study, RF magnetron sputtering was used to investigate the relationship between oxygen vacancy and carrier concentration in a GZO film on an amorphous structure. RF power was fixed at 50W and Ar flow was changed on a glass plate to create a thin film at room temperature. The transmittance of Al-adopted amorphous GZO was measured at 85% or higher; therefore, the transmittance was shown to be outstanding in all films. The hall mobility was also shown to be higher at the film showing the high transmittance at a short-wavelength, whereas the optical energy gap was shown to be higher at the film with high oxygen vacancy. The oxygen vacancy at the amorphous oxide semi-conductor increased the optical energy gap while it was not directly involved in increasing the mobility. The oxygen vacancy increases the carrier concentration while lowering the quality of amorphous structure; such factor, therefore affected the mobility. The increase of amorphous property is a direct way to increase the mobility of amorphous oxide semi-conductor.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2007년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.8
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• pp.261-262
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• 2007

In this study we present the effect of annealing temperatures on the structural, electrical and optical characteristics of Ga-doped ZnO(GZO) films. GZO target have been deposited on corning 7059 glass substrates by DC sputtering. GZO films were annealed at temperatures of 400, 500, $600^{\circ}C$ in air ambient for 20 min. Experimental resulted in as-grown film shows the resistivity of $6{\times}10^{-1}\;{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$ and transmittance under 85%, whereas the electrical and optical properties of film annealed at $500^{\circ}C$ are enhanced up to $1.9{\times}10^{-3}\;{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$ and 90%, respectively.

• 열처리공학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.288-292
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• 2013

We have considered the influence of electron irradiation energy of 300, 600 and 900 eV on the stuctural, electrical and optical properties of GZO/$TiO_2$ thin films prepared with RF magentron sputtering. The optical transmittance and electrical resistivity of the films were dependent on the electron's irradiation energy. The electron irradiated GZO/$TiO_2$ films at 900 eV are grown as a hexagonal wurtzite phase and the resistivity is decreased with electron irradiation energy. The GZO/$TiO_2$ films irradiated at 900 eV shows the lowest resistivity of $4.3{\times}10^{-3}{\Omega}cm$. The optical transmittance in a visible wave length region also increased with the electron irradiation energy. The film that electron irradiated at 900 eV shows 82% of optical transmittance and higher work function of 5.18 eV in this study.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2009년도 제38회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.220-220
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• 2010

대향타겟식 스퍼터링 (Facing Target Sputtering, FTS) 장치를 이용하여 박막태양전지에 응용가능한 GAZO 박막을 플렉시블 기판 (PES) 위에 증착하였다 박막을 증착하는 데 쓰인 각각의 타겟은 AZO(ZnO:$Al_2O_3$=98:2w.t%) : GZO(ZnO:$Ga_2O_3$=97:3w.t%)이였으며, 다양한 스퍼터링 조건(공정압력, 입력 전력 및 박막의 두께)에서 증착 하였다. GAZO 박막의 전기적 특성은 Hall effect measurement, Four Point Probe, 광학적 특성은 UV-VIS spectrometer, 구조적 특성은 XRD, AFM, FE-SEM, 막의 두께는 $\alpha$-step profiler 장비를 이용하여 분석하였다. 가장 낮은 비저항은 작업 압력 1mTorr일 때 $5.123{\times}10^{-4}[\Omega-cm]$를 보였다. 또한 제작된 모든 박막은 (002)회절 피크로 우선성장함을 알 수 있었으며, 가시광선 영역(300nm-800nm)에서 80% 이상의 광 투과율을 나타냄을 알 수 있었다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2006년도 추계학술대회 논문집 전기물성,응용부문
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• pp.48-49
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• 2006

Highly conductive and transparent films of Ga-doped ZnO have been prepared by pulsed laser deposition using a ZnO target with 3 wt% ${Ga_2}{O_3}$ dopant. Films with the resistivity as low as $3.3{\times}10^{-4}{\Omega}cm$ and the transmittance above 80 % at the wavelength of 400 to 800 nm can be fabricated on glass substrate at room temperature. It is shown that a stable resistivity for the use in oxidation ambient at high temperature can be obtained for the films. Heat treatments were performed to examine the thermal stability of ZnO and GZO films at ptemperature range from $100^{\circ}C$ to $400^{\circ}C$ in $O_2$ ambient for 30 minutes. The resistivity of ZnO film annealed at $400^{\circ}C$ increased by two orders of magnitude, in case of GZO film was relatively stable up to at $400^{\circ}C$. For practical applications at high temperatures the thermal stability of resistivity of GZO thin films might become an advantage for transparent electrodes.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.41-45
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• 2010

The ZnO thin films doped with Ga(GZO) and both Ga and Ge(GZO:Ge) were deposited on glass substrate by using RF sputtering system respectively. Structural, morphological and optical properties of the films deposited in the same condition were investigated. Structural properties of the films were investigated by Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy, FE-SEM images and X-ray diffraction, XRD analysis. These studies showed shape of films' surface and direction of film growth respectively. It's showed that all films were deposited by vertical orientation strongly. It can be confirmed that all dopants of targets were included in deposited films by results of EDX analysis. UV-Vis spectrometer results showed that all samples had highly transparent characteristics in visible region and have similar 3.28~3.31 eV band gap. It was found that existence of all dopants by EDX analysis. Morphology and roughness of surface of each film were clearly shown by Atomic Force Microscopy, AFM images. It was found in this research that film doped with Ge more dense and stable with hardly any difference in gap energy compared to ZnO films.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2009년도 제38회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.217-217
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• 2010

새로운 물질의 투명전극 제작을 위해 대향타겟식 스퍼터링 (Facing Targets Sputtering, FTS)법을 이용하여 유리 기판위에 AZO와 GZO 이종타겟을 사용하여 유리 기판 위에 GAZO 박막을 제작하였다. FTS는 두 타겟이 서로 마주보는 구조로 인해 서로 다른 종류의 타겟을 장착하여 새로운 물질의 박막을 제작하는데 있어 용이하고, 타겟 뒷면에 위치한 영구자석으로 인해 타겟으로부터 방출되는 2차 전자 등을 구속하여 고밀도 플라즈마를 형성함으로서 고품위 박막의 제작이 가능하다. 본 연구에서는 투입 전력에 따라 제작된 GAZO 박막의 전기적, 광학적 및 구조적 특성 변화를 살펴보았다. 특성 평가는 UV/VIS spectrometer, Hall measurement, X-ray diffractometer (XRD), Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) 을 이용하여 분석하였다. 그 결과 제작된 GAZO 박막은 비저항 $4.3\;{\times}\;10^{-4}\l;{\Omega}-cm$, 가시광 영역에서 투과율 80% 이상을 나타내는 것으로 분석되었다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.247-247
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• 2009

In this work, Ga-doped ZnO (GZO) thin films for toxic gas sensor application were deposited on low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) substrates, by RF magnetron sputtering method. LTCC is one of promising materials for integration with heater, low cost production and high manufacturing yields than silicon substrate. The LTCC substrates with thickness of $400\;{\mu}m$ were fabricated by laminating 12 greentapes which consist of alumina and glass particle in an organic binder. The GZO thin films deposited on the substrates and were analyzed by X-ray diffraction method (XRD) and field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM). The films are well crystallized in the hexagonal (wurzite) structure with increasing thickness. The fabricated sensors showed good sensitivity and fast response time to common types of toxic gases (NOx, COx).

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제59권1호
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• pp.108-112
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• 2010

Design of experiment (DOE) method is employed for a systematic and highly efficient optimization of Ga-doped ZnO thin films synthesized by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) process. We sequentially adopted fractional-factorial design (FD) and central composite design (CCD) of the DOE methods. In fractional-FD stage, significant factors to make conductive electrode are found to target-substrate (T-S) distance and oxygen partial pressure. Moreover, correlation among the process factors is elucidated using surface profile modeling. Electrical properties of the GZO films grown on a glass substrate had been optimized to find that the lowest electrical resistivity of about $1.8'10^{-4}Wcm$ which was acquired with the T-S distance and the oxygen pressure of 4 cm and 7 mTorr, respectively. During the DOE-fueled optimization process, the transparency of the GZO films is ensured higher than 85 %.